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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1963
Page
6
Classified notice indicates SOL ution 41 product with contact options. Phone OL 3418 appears in the ad. The listing urges timely application of the material and identifies Farm Service Co as the provider.
Livestock: Chicago market reports hogs 5 000 head up 25 to 50 higher with No 1 200 head at 18 50 and No 2 3 at 17 75. Calves and slaughter cattle show mixed gains and declines with prime slaughter steers 1100 1400 lb at 28 25 23 75 and heifers near 23 00. Sheep slaughter lambs rise 50 with spring lambs 23 00.
Chicago grain quotes show corn, oats, and soybeans turning up across most contracts. Jul corn 127% to 4, near 127% up. Sep 126 to 123% up. soybeans firm with Tul 265 to 264% up. oats steady to higher as July contracts edge up.
A prairie cloudburst dumped over a foot of rain on eastern Nebraska, flooding homes waist high and forcing evacuations by boat and helicopter. Bruno saw up to 14 inches, and Lincoln crop officials warned of halted winter wheat harvests while Platte River towns reported two to three foot puddles.
Closing out sales listed for July in multiple towns including 614 North Marion and 409 North Avenue B. Other ongoing livestock sales occur at Ollie Livestock Exchange in Ollie, Smylie's in Columbus Junction, and Wapello Livestock Auction on Highway 61. Weekly schedules cover Mondays through Fridays with various livestock types and times.
Medicare Washington reports average per capita medical care expenditure for persons 65 or over in 1961 was 315 dollars, about 2.5 times the 128 dollars for under 65. About 20 percent of personal health expenditures went to the nine percent aged 65 plus.
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